Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner 1940

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 148

Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner 1940 —Reticulated leatherjacket

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser and Brünner 1940 by George et al. (1964: 25); subsequently recorded as Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner by Mouneimné (1977: 66); as Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner 1940 by Mouneimné (2002: 243–244); recently recorded as Stephanolepis diaspros by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 628); as Stephanolepis diaspros in Bariche et al. (2007: 112) ; as Stephanolepis diaspros by Carpentieri et al. (2009: 3); as Stephanolepis diaspros in Bariche et al. (2015: 2366) ;); as Stephanolepis diaspros by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169); and Aguillar et al. (2018: 82). Material in collection: USNM.

Distribution. Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to northwestern India; Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 18 July 2017). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed .